He decided to call the company IKEA: an acronym that incorporated the first letters of his own name and the name of where he grew up (his family farm, Elmtaryd, near the village of Agunnaryd).

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IKEA is named after the initials of founder Ingvar Kamprad, Elmtaryd, the farm on which he grew up, and Agunnaryd, the nearby village. Ingvar Kamprad’s vision started with a spark... some matche ...

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Anyway, back to Ikea. The name is actually an acronym, standing for Ingvar Kamprad Elmtaryd Agunnaryd. The brand explains on its website: "When Ingvar Kamprad is 17 (in 1943), his father gives him ...

Beginning as a mail-order business in Kamprad’s tiny Swedish village of Agunnaryd in the 1940s, the company now boasts more than 300 stores, located everywhere from China (where shoppers can ...